{"id":648024,"date":"2026-03-09T01:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/648024\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T01:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:36:13","slug":"big-ten-mens-basketball-tournament-bracket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/648024\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 Big Ten<\/a> Men’s Basketball<\/a> Tournament, the largest in conference history, is fast approaching.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year, for the first time, all 18 teams in the conference will compete for the postseason title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Due to the expansion to 18 teams, the top four seeds will have three days off, rather than two, before their first game.<\/p>\n

Action starts Tuesday, March 10 and runs through Sunday, March 15 \u2014 right up until Selection Sunday \u2014 at Chicago’s United Center, and we’ve got you covered with everything you need to know: matchups, seeding, dates, times, TV channels and more.<\/p>\n

Games will air on Peacock, Big Ten Network and CBS.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the finalized bracket looks:<\/p>\n

First Round \u2013 Tuesday, March 10<\/p>\n

Game 1: No. 16 seed Oregon<\/a> vs. No. 17 seed Maryland<\/a> (5 p.m. ET, Peacock)Game 2: No. 15 seed Northwestern<\/a> vs. No. 18 seed Penn State<\/a> (7:30 p.m. ET, Peacock)<\/p>\n

Second Round \u2013 Wednesday, March 11<\/p>\n

Game 3: No. 9 seed Iowa<\/a> vs. Game 1 winner (noon ET, Peacock)Game 4: No. 12 seed Washington<\/a> vs. No. 13 seed USC<\/a> (2:30 p.m. ET, Peacock)Game 5: No. 10 seed Indiana<\/a> vs. Game 2 winner (6:30 p.m. ET, BTN)Game 6: No. 11 seed Minnesota<\/a> vs. No. 14 seed Rutgers<\/a> (9 p.m. ET, BTN)<\/p>\n

[2025-26 College Basketball Odds: Which Squads Will Win Conference Tourneys?<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Third Round \u2013 Thursday, March 12<\/p>\n

Game 7: No. 8 seed Ohio State<\/a> vs. Game 3 winner (noon ET, BTN)Game 8: No. 5 seed Wisconsin<\/a> vs. Game 4 winner (2:30 p.m. ET, BTN)Game 9: No. 7 seed Purdue<\/a> vs. Game 5 winner (6:30 p.m. ET, BTN)Game 10: No. 6 seed UCLA<\/a> vs. Game 6 winner (9 p.m. ET, BTN)<\/p>\n

Quarterfinals \u2013 Friday, March 13<\/p>\n

Game 11: No. 1 seed Michigan<\/a> vs. Game 7 winner (noon ET, BTN)Game 12: No. 4 seed Illinois<\/a> vs. Game 8 winner (2:30 p.m. ET, BTN)Game 13: No. 2 seed Nebraska<\/a> vs. Game 9 winner (6:30 p.m. ET, BTN)Game 14: No. 3 seed Michigan State<\/a> vs. Game 10 winner (9 p.m. ET, BTN)<\/p>\n

[College Hoops: Mike DeCourcy\u2019s 2026 Men’s NCAA Tournament Seed Projections<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Semifinals \u2013 Saturday, March 14<\/p>\n

Game 15: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner (1 p.m. ET, CBS)Game 16: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS)<\/p>\n

Final \u2013 Sunday, March 15<\/p>\n

Game 17: Game 15 winner vs. Game 16 winner (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS)<\/p>\n

This story will be updated throughout the tournament. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, the largest in conference history, is fast approaching.\u00a0 This year, for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,7641,217,7367,6523,3755,4717,3491,1043,13649,231,772,1544,8905,13058,9449,1825,8628,12513,4716,4262,849,13650,3471],"class_list":["post-648024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-big-ten","tag-college-basketball","tag-illinois-fighting-illini","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-maryland-terrapins","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-penn-state-nittany-lions","tag-purdue-boilermakers","tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights","tag-ucla-bruins","tag-usc-trojans","tag-washington-huskies","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116196657305532250","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}